"Dancers are the only mortal beings that can fly" -Pat Thomas Many people are able…dance. However, only those who spend countless hours in the studio reaching for that unreachable goal of perfection are chosen to be dancers. This dance celebrates the gift of us being able to defy the laws of gravity, push our bodies to the limit to ultimately call ourselves dancers.Read More

I want my cast, instead of crumbling under struggles, pressures and the weight of life,…push against them and create something greater out of them. I experimented with how weight and pressure can be exchanged and balanced. My concept is for the movement to be motivated by another force instead of voluntarily happening. I was inspired by the idea that the dancers could use their weight to force their struggles onto each other. The force causes them to move. The burden will be accepted by the agonist and, if not persevered, at least buffered from it's original strength. It works because that's what people are constantly doing in life. I was also inspired by breath. After all is said and done, we're still breathing and, better yet, we're still breathing because we breathed through it all. I noticed how much more comfortable and easier it was to exchange weight and connect from dancer to dancer as they consciously used their breath. I suppose, in the end, I was inspired by life and nature and the contentment that we can become more powerful than opposing forces. We can prevail.Read More

A Rehearsal session of some choreography that has not been set on any stage yet.…is what I have of decent choreography. Concept and use of space really were my focus. I pray you give a fair look at what this dance will one day become.Read More

Choreography: Mandy Rae Richards Arroyo This piece tells the story of everyone's individual journey, and…struggles and tenacity it takes to accomplish your dreams. However, no one can get there alone. It takes the help of a few along the way to keep you winding down the path of life and in the end not everyone can not walk the same path, nor will they all achieve their goalsRead More

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